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Letter of Support for the Employee Rights Act, H.R. 3485

As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your Representative today and urge him or her to support H.R. 3485, the “Employee Rights Act.” Introduced by Congressman Tom Price (R-GA), this bill would enable American workers to freely exercise their rights in the workplace by maintaining the right to a secret ballot, allowing workers to see their paychecks used as they intend, and making union membership the free choice of an individual employee rather than a mandate.

Both public and private sector unions have long forgotten their responsibility to protect the rights of workers and instead have focused on using their resources to gain political power and make friends with lawmakers and crony-capitalists in government. The rights of the individual are under attack when workers are forced to join and pay dues to a union whose political agenda runs contrary to their own conscience. It is high time to restore the liberty of workers and protect them from the abusive power of big-labor’s political machine.

This bill would amend Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to require a majority of all union members, rather than a simple majority of those who cast ballots, to unionize. Such votes will be done by secret ballot, protecting workers from coercion. Additionally, unionized workplaces will be directed to hold periodic secret ballot referendums to determine if employees wish to remain with their current union. Every American should be interested in preserving the right of freedom of association.

Rep. Price’s Bill also amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to give union members the option to opt-out of union dues if they are used for anything other than collective bargaining. Union members will no longer be forced to support political causes with their dues against their conscience. The bill also strengthens laws against worker intimidation by unions and secures the right of union workers to have a majority vote by secret ballot to decide whether to declare a strike.

The right to freely associate, and thus to unionize, is an essential liberty within a free market. But for too long, unions have turned their members’ mandatory dues to securing the power of government coercion to force entire industries – employers and employees alike – to bend to their will. This legislation is necessary to preserve the liberty of every American worker: to ensure that their earnings are not forcibly taken from them and used to support political campaigns and candidates they disagree with, to provide that workers enjoy the freedom to associate or disassociate with labor unions as they please, to protect workers from violent intimidation and threats, and to protect workers from losing their jobs when a union declares a strike without a majority of worker support.

I urge you to contact your representative today and urge him or her to support H.R. 3485, the “Employee Rights Act,” to protect the rights of millions of American workers from the abusive power of out-of-control unions.

We need to devote resources to people not being Employees. Rather opening their own Familly businesses where the kids have somewhere to work part time, spend time with their parents, learn from their parents, boys spend time learning from their fathers, daughters spend time with mothers, and visa versa.

This also eliminates the burden on the system. They're building a system of their own. No government to create jobs, they create them!

Stop pushing the employee mentality. Promote Small Business and Family business! It's the ONLY WAY! :)

As we move inexorably closer to the date of the most important presidential election of the 21st century, small government, free market devotees find themselves caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Absent a governing record that inspires, what can Mitt Romney do to cement some support from the base beyond being the less unpalatable of the two main choices?Bill Kristol has an idea.

Democracy and Power 114: The Power Players Who actually controls the force of government? Politicians and interest groups control the American political process. Special interest groups – big business, big unions, education, seniors, and a multitude of others - seek favors: tax breaks, subsidies, exclusive legislation, etc. Interest groups give enormous money to political campaigns, and receive gigantic benefits in return.

Dear FreedomWorks member, As one of our million-plus FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor H.R. 2040, the National Right to Work Act. Introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the bill would help to end forced unionism in America. It would repeal provisions in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and Railroad Labor Act (RLA) which authorize the imposition of forced union dues contracts on employees. The National Right to Work Act would ensure that nobody is forced to pay dues in order to get or keep a job.

A veritable who's who of public and private sector unions including AFSCME, NEA, SEIU, AFT, ATU, and the Teamsters descended on the FreedomWorks office building on Wednesday to block state reforms aimed to curb their exorbitant union power in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee and Ohio.

Across our country, responsible Governors and state legislators are tackling bloated state budgets by confronting the exorbitant influence held by public sector unions. In Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, FreedomWorks is supporting crucial legislation to “Save Our States”.

Dear Representative,
FreedomWorks is a leading grassroots organization with over one million members fighting for lower taxes, less government and more freedom. I am writing today to urge you to vote YES on Wisconsin’s budget repair bill. Faced with an impending budget crisis, Wisconsin’s Governor Walker has proposed a “budget repair” bill that will balance the budget without having to raise taxes on any of its citizens.

Dear Representative,
FreedomWorks is a leading grassroots organization with over one million members fighting for lower taxes, less government and more freedom. I am writing to urge you to vote YES on HB130 which would prohibit collective bargaining between teacher unions and local school boards also referred to as LEAs in Tennessee. Introduced by Rep. Debra Young Maggart (District 45), this bill would bring cost effectiveness and competiveness back to the local school systems.